2006-12-15 06:23:58 · 4 answers · asked by Bob 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Cervantes is most widely credited with being the originator of the modern (narrative) novel.
http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/authors/Cervantes.html
http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/cervante/csa/artics86/gaylord.htm
Holy Cross credits Cervantes as the modern novel originator in a course:
http://www.holycross.edu/academics/spanish/courses/
2006-12-15 07:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many have been called that. I think that Cervantes tops the list, with Don Quixote. In English literature, Samuel Richardson ("Pamela") has often been called the father of the modern novel, but so has Henry Fielding. In French literature, Flaubert ("Madame Bovary").
2006-12-15 14:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by AskAsk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know this one! I know this one! We studied it in Early American Literature (incidentally, the most boring class in the world)! In America, it's Nathanial Hawthorne!
2006-12-16 02:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by jane7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be Mark Twain?
2006-12-16 00:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by lenjojo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋